Westboro Baptist Church to protest in front of Pentagon | Military Times

The Westboro Baptist Church plans on holding a protest outside the Pentagon on June 9. Church members have picketed service members funerals for years, claiming that the deaths of U.S. troops is Gods punishment for the United States tolerance of gays and lesbians. The upcoming Pentagon protest will be no different, said church member Margie Phelps. If you put the uniform of America today, youre an enemy of God, Phelps told Military Times on Friday. The military today  of this nation  is not fighting for anything righteous: Theyre not fighting for freedom; theyre not fighting to protect any kind of civil rights; theyre fighting for sin. And the No. 1 sin that the American military uniform represents today is same sex marriage. The church has protested at the Pentagon several times before, Phelps said. Church protests typically last between 30 and 60 minutes, she...